Colorado Deer Population and Management News Archive
Annual Deer Hunt 2000: 38,000 2001: 31,500 2002* 36,000 2003: 37,602 2004: 41,743 2005: 41,665 2006: 44,800 2007: 45,000 2008: 35,500 2009: 33,922 2010: 34,768 2011: 33,217 2012: 33,486 2013: 32,941 Hunting estimates are based on surveys of hunters, not reported kills as used by some states. *2000 to 2002 data estimated from graph Poor survival for mule deer fawns. Results of the deer hunt are based on surveys of deer hunters. Whitetails increasing west of I-25. One half to one third of the herd size in the 1940s and far below the pre-settlement numbers. | More Deer Management and Population News by State |
